UN celebrates midwives during COVID-19 crisis because ‘childbirth doesn’t stop for pandemics’

May 06, 2020, at 02:59 pm

New York/IBNS: With many national health systems totally overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic, midwives are demonstrating courage and resilience as they support women and newborns in the toughest of circumstances, the head of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) said on Tuesday.

Year of the Nurse and the Midwife highlights ‘backbone’ of health systems

Jan 02, 2020, at 03:38 pm

New York/IBNS: The world will need an additional nine million nurses and midwives to achieve the commitment of providing all people with access to health care by 2030, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.

Midwives ‘lead the way with quality care’, as world marks International Day

May 05, 2018, at 01:36 pm

New York, May 5 (IBNS): Midwives are vital to driving sustainable development and key to helping mothers, and expectant-mothers, make informed, healthy choices, said the United Nations health agency’s chief nurse on Friday.

Midwives can prevent deaths among women and newborns: UN

Jun 04, 2014, at 05:23 pm

New York, Jun 4 (IBNS): Midwives are the unsung heroes of maternal and newborn health, according to a new United Nations report released on Tuesday that urges greater investment in these vital healthcare professionals, who can prevent about two-thirds of deaths among women and newborns.